I never have a plan. I just jump in.I started cutting up all those lovely quarter yards into 4 1/2" squares.That should work right? 9" is a quarter yard . . .My LQS always cut a little extra . . .Their fabric was fine.

It was rather large fabric chain store that disappointed.Most of the fabric was cut at 8" and not very straightly!

But . . . this could work for me. I cut the leftover from the quarters at 4 1/2" x 2 1/2"and then pieced them into the squares. Not sure what I'm going to do next, but it's all cut and ready to be something.How do you approach a new project?Do you plan it all out and know exactly where you are going?

Or do you just jump into a whirl of cutting and sewing and see what happens?

Seems like everyone likes my toppling tree the best.I have met some really fun women in this classand we are going to try to take another class together soon.Nothing like bonding with other creative types!

As I was walking down 25th street . . .

Look what I saw! The vintage clothing store had mermaids in the window!

We also did alot of arranging on our December Challenge quilt.This month everyone brought a magenta-y piece of fabricto offset the cheddar blocks.

We still need a few more pieces to be filled in and Kim will piece it all together.And one of our new members, Terri, brought these fan blocks . . .They are all hand pieced.It's her first quilt.She has 47 of them.Quite the little over achiever! Hahaha.

She wanted advise on how to set them, and I think she was thrilled withwhat the group had to say.

This is the beauty of getting a group of talented, giftedlaid back people all together bouncing ideas around.

It was a wonderful meeting!

I know I can speak for everyone when I say,Thank you to Victoria for hosting the event.And thank you to Amy and Victoria for starting this group in the first place!